Emergency Care

<h3>SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS</h3> <ol> <li>Introduction to Emergency Medical Care</li> <li>Well-Being of the EMT</li> <li>Lifting and Moving Patients</li> <li>Medical, Legal, and Ethical Issues</li> <li>Medical Terminology</li> <li>Anatomy and Physiology</li> <li>Principles of Pathophysiology</li> <li>Life Span Development</li> </ol> <h3>SECTION 2: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT, RESPIRATION, AND ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION</h3> <ol> <li>Airway Management</li> <li>Respiration and Artificial Ventilation</li> </ol> <h3>SECTION 3: PATIENT ASSESSMENT</h3> <ol> <li>Scene Size-Up</li> <li>Primary Assessment</li> <li>Vital Signs and Monitoring Devices</li> <li>Principles of Assessment</li> <li>Secondary Assessment</li> <li>Reassessment</li> <li>Communication and Documentation</li> </ol> <h3>SECTION 4: MEDICAL EMERGENCIES</h3> <ol> <li>General Pharmacology</li> <li>Respiratory Emergencies</li> <li>Cardiac Emergencies</li> <li>Resuscitation</li> <li>Diabetic Emergencies and Altered Mental Status</li> <li>Allergic Reaction</li> <li>Infectious Diseases and Sepsis</li> <li>Poisoning and Overdose Emergencies</li> <li>Abdominal Emergencies</li> <li>Behavioral and Psychiatric Emergencies and Suicide</li> <li>Hematologic and Renal Emergencies</li> </ol> <h3>SECTION 5: TRAUMA EMERGENCIES</h3> <ol> <li>Bleeding and Shock</li> <li>Soft-Tissue Trauma</li> <li>Chest and Abdominal Trauma</li> <li>Musculoskeletal Trauma</li> <li>Trauma to the Head, Neck, and Spine</li> <li>Multisystem Trauma</li> <li>Environmental Emergencies</li> </ol> <h3>SECTION 6: SPECIAL POPULATIONS</h3> <ol> <li>Obstetric and Gynecologic Emergencies</li> <li>Emergencies for Patients with Special Challenges</li> </ol> <h3>SECTION 7: OPERATIONS</h3> <ol> <li>EMS Operations</li> <li>Hazardous Materials, Multiple-Casualty Incidents, and Incident Management</li> <li>Highway Safety and Vehicle Extrication</li> <li>EMS Response to Terrorism</li> </ol>